Maine Greens gain registered voters; will hold state convention
May 19-20 in Bangor

The Maine Green Independent Party will hold its
annual party convention on May 19 and 20 at the Union Street Brick
Church, 126 Union Street, in Bangor starting at 9 A.M on Saturday with
registration.

MAINE -- The Maine Green Independent Party now
commands nearly 3% of Maine's registered voters according to figures
released by the Maine Secretary of State. This is the highest state
Green Party share of voter registration in the United States. Maine
Green registration increased 25% in the latest figures while the
Democrat and Republican parties remained almost unchanged.

Party business will be conducted on Saturday
morning and early afternoon while speakers, which include Pat LaMarche,
John Rensenbrink, Jonathan Carter, Ruth Gabey and Dave Marshall, will
speak between 4 and 6 P.M. At 6:30 that evening an Awards Dinner will
be held to honor several special Green Party activists.

Betsy Garrold of the Convention Committee said,
"The Penobscot Greens are happy to be hosting the annual state
party convention in Bangor. As we seek to expand our activism
throughout the state having the convention in Bangor enables Greens
from northern and eastern Maine to attend it more easily and become
more involved in the workings of the party. The Awards Dinner on
Saturday night is especially meaningful this year as we will be
honoring two prominent green party activists who have recently passed
away."

Sunday morning will include a pancake breakfast
and discussion of the platform and budget. The convention will adjourn
at noon.

For questions or pre-registration, call Betsy at
568-3302 or e-mail hgarrold@gwi.net.

For more state information see:
www.mainegreens.org
For information on the national party see:
Green Party of the United Stateshttp://www.gp.org
1711 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009.
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193
Green Party News Centerhttp://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml

Back in November 2004, the Maine data was:
Democratic 31.17%; Republican 28.07%; Green 2.36%; independent and
other parties 38.40%. Thus, between November 2004 and November 2006,
major party and independent registration was virtually unchanged, but
the Green share increased 25%.

Green registration is now almost at 3%. No other
state Green Party has ever achieved that large a share of the voter
registration.

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